Richard Gregg

Richard Gregg

Richard Bartlett Gregg (1885-1974) was an American social philosopher said to be "the first American to develop a substantial theory of nonviolent resistance" and an influence on the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr and civil-rights theorist Bayard Rustin. [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/91.4/kosek.html] .

Gregg traveled to India in the 1920s to learn about the culture and to seek out Gandhi. His publications include "Gandhiji's Satyagraha or non-violent resistance", published in 1930, and "The Power of Non-Violence", from 1934. His revision, "The Power of Non-Violence" (1960) included a foreword by King. The book was republished in several other editions, including a Swedish translation in 1936 (as "Den nya maktfaktorn: motstånd utan våld"). Gregg was also author of other books, including "The Compass of Civilization", and the essay "The Value of Voluntary Simplicity" (Wallingford, PA: Pendle Hill, 1936), a philosophical essay on the need and benefits of living more simply. He coined the term "voluntary simplicity".

References

* cite journal
first=Joseph Kip
last=Kosek
year=2005
month=March
title=Richard Gregg, Mohandas Gandhi, and the Strategy of Nonviolence
journal=The Journal of American History
volume=91
issue=4
url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/91.4/kosek.html
* cite journal
first=Richard G.| last=Fox
year=1998
month=January/February
title=Passage from India: How Westerners Rewrote Gandhi's Message
journal=Humanities (journal)
volume=19
issue=1
url=http://www.neh.gov/news/humanities/1998-01/gandhi.html

External links

* [http://www.pendlehill.org/resources/files/pamphlet%20bios/rgregg%20bio.php Biography of Richard B. Gregg]
* [http://www.pendlehill.org/resources/files/pamphlet%20bibliographies/rgregg%20bibliography.php Bibliography of Richard B. Gregg]
* [http://www.soilandhealth.org/03sov/0304spiritpsych/030409simplicity/SimplicityFrame.html The Value of Voluntary Simplicity]
* [http://www.jesusradicals.com/library/gregg.php Greggs's "The Power of Nonviolence" with King's introduction]
* [http://www.manasjournal.org/pdf_library/VolumeXXVII_1974/XXVII-36.pdf Memorial Commentary on Richard B. Gregg] (pdf)


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